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CHARGE BOOK 



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FORM OF 



Opening /up Closing Select Councils, 

ORDER OF BUSINESS, 

CEREMONY OF INSTALLATION 
AND BURIAL SERVICE, 



OF THE ORDER OF 



PAL TEMPLARS OF TEMPERANCE. 






ISSUED UNDER AUTHORITY OP THE 

SUPREME COUNCIL 
By CYRUS K. PORTER, 

SUPREME COUNCILOR. 



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BUFFALO : 
Baker, Jones & Co., Printers and Binders, 220 Washington St. 

1880. 




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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1880, 

By CYRUS K. PORTER, 

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 



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OPENING CEREMONIES. 



[Seven members, live of whom must be Active members, being 
present, the S. C. takes the chair, and calls to order.] 



S. C. — Officers and Members: I am about to 
open this Council for the despatch of business, 
and will thank you for your attention and assist- 
ance. Bro. Herald : 

H. — Select Councilor. 

S. C. — Your first duty in this Council ? 

H. — To see the Council properly guarded. 

S. C. — You will station the Sentinel on duty, 
directing him to preserve order in our courts. 

[The Herald retires with the Sentinel, instructs him in his duties. 
After entering, gives the signal, to which the Sentinel responds, 
when the Herald reports :] 

H. — Select Councilor : 



8 C.—Bvo. Herald. 

H. — That duty is performed. 

S. C. — Your next duty in this Council? 

H. — To see that all present are qualified to 
remain. 

8. C. — You will attend to that duty. 

[The Herald commences at the right and the Deputy Herald at 
the left of the Select Councilor and examines those present in pass- 
word, grip and token. Should visitors fail to prove themselves 
Royal Templars, they will retire to the court, and await examina- 
tion by a committee. Members reported without the token will 
square their account at the Treasurer's desk and obtain it from 
the S. C. The Herald and Deputy Herald will meet in front of 
the Vice Councilor's chair, and together they will approach the 
altar and the Herald will report :] 

H. — Select Councilor. 

8. G— Bro. Herald. 

H. — All present are Royal Templars. 

8. G — It is well. We will now be clothed 
with regalia, and the officers will assume their 
respective positions, [after which] Are the officers 
on duty? 

[The Herald reports the absent officers (if any,) commencing 
with the highest, and when all are rilled, reports :] 

H. — They are, Select Councilor. 

8. G — Brothers and Sisters : It is my duty to 
preside in this Council, to conduct all business 



coming before it to a proper termination, to see 
the rules of order enforced, and to do all in my 
power to advance the interests of this Council 
and the cause of Temperance, which duties I 
shall endeavor to perform with diligence. I 
trust, therefore, that the officers will be prompt 
in the discharge of their duties, and that the 
members will be obedient to the just require- 
ments of the officers and Council. Let harmony 
prevail in our midst ; let tolerance prevade our 
discussions, and let it be remembered that in 
union alone there is strength. 

• • • 

S. C — Please sing our 

OPENING ODE. 

Coronation, 

This day let songs of joy arise 

Throughout our favored land, 
From all the true and honest hearts 

That form our noble band. 

Our banners are unfurled to-day, 

Our motto all may see — 
Hope, Love and Truth are now combined 

With Faith and Charity. 

OR THIS. 

Auld Lang Syne. 

O God ! we lift our hearts to Thee, 

And grateful voices raise ; 
We thank Thee for this festive night, — 

Accept our humble praise. 



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Here may our souls delight to bless 

The God of truth and grace, 
Who crowns our labors with success 

Among the rising race. 

• May each unholy passion cease, 

Each evil thought be crushed, 
Each anxious care that mars our peace 

In Hope and Love be hushed. 
Oh ! may we all in Truth abound, 

And Charity pursue ; 
Thus shall we be with glory crowned, 

And love as angels do. 

S. C.~— Yon will now give attention to the 
services of our Chaplain. 

OPENING PRAYER. 

Our Heavenly Father, we humbly implore 
Thy favor to rest upon the deliberations of this 
meeting. We are conscious of our many imper- 
fections, and that all the good we do, and the 
evil we overcome, can alone be effected through 
the aid of Thy Almighty Power. 

Help us to be the instruments of Righteousness 
and Truth, and grant that the cause of Temper- 
ance and the interests of suffering humanity may 
be advanced in our land. Bless the unfortunate; 
have mercy upon the erring ; turn the hearts of 
evil-doers, and make us all more sensible of our 
dependence upon Thee. Be with us in all the 
duties of life, and prosper us in all righteous 
undertakings; hasten the day when the fatal 
scourge of Intemperance shall be driven from 



the land, and when we are done serving Thy 
righteous will on earth, may we be received into 
that temple not made with hands, eternal in the 
heavens. We ask it in the name of Thy dear 
Son. Amen. 

S. C. — Officers and members: You will come 
to order as Royal Templars. Attend the signs. 
Vice Councilor : 

V. C— Select Councilor. 

S. C — Are you a Royal Templar ? 

Y. C.—l am. 

S. C. — How do you prove yourself? 

V. O. — By salutations [salutes, members fol- 
low^ and signs of distress [gives the distress sign, 
members give the same in concert] 

S. C. — And by proper signals [gives the sig- 
nal, which is responded to by V. C, Guard and 
Sent'] 

Herald, you will attend at the altar. 

[The Herald advances to the altar, opens and arranges the Bible 
and retires to his place.] 

I now declare this Council open for the trans- 
action of business. 



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The Guard will please notify the Sentinel. 

[The Guard gives the proper signal, and informs the Sentinel 
that the Council is open, requesting any who may be in waiting 
to enter.] 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

1. Heading minutes of last meeting. 

[Admit no one during the reading of the minutes.] 

2. Reports on petitions. 

3. Balloting for membership. 

[The Select Councilor shall take the petition and say :] 

S. C. — Brothers and Sisters: We are about 
to ballot on the application of for mem- 
bership in this Council. The committee have 
reported favorable [or unfavorable]. The Med- 
ical Examiner's report is also favorable [or un- 
favorable]. Bro. Herald: 

H. — Select Councilor. 

S. G. — You will prepare and present the bal- 
lot-box. 

[The Herald gets the box and sets it on the pedestal of the 
Select Councilor who examines it, and selecting a ball, says :] 

S. C. — White balls elect, black balls reject, 
be careful and make no mistakes. 

[Select Councilor deposits his ballot; the Herald takes the box 
and passes it to each of the officers who deposit their ballots, he 
then sets it on the altar, casts his ballot, and steps aside.] 

S. G — The members will now ballot, com- 
mencing on my right. 



[When all have voted who wish :] 

8. C. — Have all balloted who wish? If so, 
the ballot is closed. 

[The Herald closes the box, takes it from the altar and presents 
it to the Vice Councilor, who examines and closes it ; the Herald 
takes the box and sets it on the altar.] 

S. C — Bro. Vice Councilor: 

V. C— Select Councilor 

S. C — How stands the ballot? 

V. C. — Clear [or not clear, there being two 
or more adverse ballots] Select Councilor. 

[The Herald takes the box from the altar and presents it to the 
Select Councilor who examines it.] 

8. C. — I so find it, and therefore declare the 
applicant duly elected to [or rejected from] 
membership in this Council. 

[In case of rejection a second ballot must be had before the dec- 
laration is made. The Select Councilor then changes ballots in 
the box.] 

8. C\— Bro. Herald: 
H. — Select Councilor. 

8. C. —You will retire and ascertain if any 
person seeks admission to membership in this 
Council. 

[Herald salutes and retires. Upon re-entering, salutes and re- 
ports : 



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H. — Select Councilor : 

S a— Bro. Herald. 

H. — I find \cjiving names] without, awaiting 
the pleasure of this Council. 

S. C. — Bro. Recording Secretary: 

Sec. — Select Councilor. 

S. C. — You have heard the report of the 
Herald. Have the persons named been regu- 
larly elected to membership in this Council? 

Sec. — They have. 

S. C. — What is the pleasure of this Council? 
Shall we proceed with the initiation ? \If no 
one objects.] There being no objections, I shall 
so proceed. 

[Should objections be raised the matter must be decided by 
vote of the Council. Should the majority vote in favor of pro- 
ceeding, the Select Councilor shall so proceed.]; 



INITIATION. 



4. Initiation [page 13]. 

5. Recess. 



\After Recess.] 

S. C. — Herald: Are all present Royal Tem 
plars ? 



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[Herald satisfies himself that no intruders are present, and re- 
ports :J 

H. — They are, Select Councilor. 

S. C — -We will now resume our labors.. 

6. Reception of Petitions. 

7. Reception of Communications. 

8. Reports of Sickness. 

9. Reports of Board of Relief. 

10. Reports of Trustees. 

11. Reports of Officers (quarterly). 

12. Reports of Standing Committees. 

13. Reports of Special Committees. 

14. Presentation of Bills and Accounts. 

15. Unfinished Business. 

16. New Business. 

17. Exercises for the good of the Order. 

18. Announcements for next meeting. 

19. Receipts of the evening. 

20. Closing. 

CLOSING CEREMONIES. 

S. C. — Vice Councilor : The hour for adjourn- 
ment has arrived. The members will listen to 
your parting advice. 

• • • 

V. C. — Officers and members: We are again 
to mingle in the pursuits and temptations of 
life. Amid its perplexities and trials, forget 
not the duties you have heard so frequently and 
forcibly recommended in this Council. Around 
this altar have been rendered our sacred prom- 
ises to abstain from the use of all that can intox- 
icate, and to prevent by all just means in our 
power, the growth of intemperance. Remember 



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your obligations; be diligent in your respective 
callings, consistent in all your dealings, and ex- 
hibit by your faithfulness and integrity that the 
labors of our Council have not been in vain. 

S. C. — Please sing our closing ode. 

CLOSING ODE. 
Tune : Auld Lang Syne. G. M. 

Now we must close our labors here, 

Though sad it is to part, 
May Hope, and Love, and Truth sincere 

Unite each member's heart. 
Now to our homes we'll haste away, 

Each filled with peace and light, 
And may our hearts in kindness say, 

Dear friends a kind good night. 

Or Nashville, Is. 

Softly now the light of day 

Fades upon our sight away, 
Free from care, from labor free, 

Lord, we would commune with Thee. 
Soon for us the light of day 

Shall forever pass away, 
Then from care, from sorrow free, 

Take us Lord, to dwell with Thee. 

S. O. — You will give attention to the closing 
prayer by our Chaplain. 

CLOSING PRAYER. 

Gracious and most merciful God, we thank 
Thee for the privilege of the present meeting, 
and for whatever good we may have been en- 
abled to accomplish. Assist us with Thy Holy 
Spirit ; impart to our feebleness strength, to our 
counsels wisdom, and to our efforts patience and 



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forbearance. Bless our Order and every instru- 
mentality whereby men are made better and 
Thy kingdom extended. As we are now about 
to separate, go with and guide us. Receive us 
at last, and to Thy Name will we ascribe the 
glory. Amen. 

8. 0, — -Come to order as Royal Templars; 
attend the signs [after which the closing signals 
are given same as at opening~\. 

8. G. — Herald, you will attend at the altar. 

[The Herald closes the Bible on the altar and resumes his proper 
place.] 

8. C. — I now declare this Council closed until 
our next regular meeting, unless sooner convend 
for the transaction of important business, in 
which case all members will receive due and 
timely notice. 

RITE OP INITIATION. 

8. C\— Bro. Herald: 

JH. - Select Councilor. 

8. C— You will repair to the court accom- 
panied by the Financial Secretary and Deputy 
Herald, when, if the questions are properly an- 
swered, the Financial Secretary will collect the 
fee and report. 



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[The Herald, Financial Secretary and Deputy Herald retire.] 

IN THE COURT. 

H. (to candidate) — Do you believe in the ex- 
istence and power of a Supreme Being? 

Can. — I do. 

H. — Do you come to us uninfluenced by im- 
proper motives, having formed a favorable opin- 
ion of the objects of this Order? 

Can. — I do. 

H. — You will be required to sign a Pledge of 
Total Abstinence, and to obligate yourself to 
labor for the promotion of the cause of Tem- 
perance. Are you willing to do so ? 

Can. — I am. 

H — It is with pleasure that we receive this 
acknowledgement of your sincerity. Our Coun- 
cil, believing your petition, was presented in 
good faith, have elected you to membership 
among us. This you will esteem a great favor. 
As a further token of your sincerity, the Finan- 
cial Secretary will receive your initiation fee. 

[The fee paid, the Financial Secretary and Herald re-enter the 
Council, leaving the candidates in charge of the Deputy Herald, 
who will advance with them to the door and there await further 
orders. The Herald stops j ust within the inner door. The Finan- 
cial Secretary advances to the altar and, under the proper sign, 
reports.] 



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Fin. Sec. — Select Councilor : 
8. C. — Financial Secretary. 
Fin. Sec. — The fees are paid. 

[The Herald at the inner door reports.] 

H. — Select Councilor : 

S. a— Bro. Herald. 

H. — All things are now ready. 

8. C. — Let silence reign in our Council. 

[Gives one sharp rap with his gavel.] 

D. H. — (In court, hearing the gavel, says:) 
Follow me and fear no evil. 

[The Deputy Herald gives one loud rap on the outside of the 
inner door, which is answered by the Herald in like manner.] 

H. — Select Councilor: 

S. C— Bro. Herald. 

H. — There is an alarm at the door. 

S. C. — Who dares intrude? 

H. — I will ascertain and report. 

[The Herald opens wide the door and asks :] 

H. — Who seeks admission to our Council of 
Temperance? 



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D. H. — Friends : who desire to be admitted 
in due and regular form. 

H — By what right do they expect these 

favors ? 

D. H. — By having complied with our estab- 
lished usages. 

H. — Have they passed a careful medical ex- 
amination ? 

D. H—They have. 

H. — Do they come well recommended? 

D. K—They do. 

H. — Are they willing to take at our altar, 
vows of Total Abstinence from all that can in- 
toxicate ? 

D. H. — They are. 

H. — In whom is their trust? 

D. K—In God. 

H. — Such being the case, they will wait until 
the Select Councilor has been informed of their 
request. 

[The Herald closes the door, advances to the altar, salutes and 
reports."] 

H. — Select Councilor: 



S. C— Bro. Herald. 

H. — There are friends without, who, having 
regularly presented their petitions, been balloted 
for and elected to membership in this Council, 
now desire to be admitted in due and regular 
form. 

S. C— By what right do they expect these 
favors ? 

H. — By having complied with our established 
usages, being tried and true, and willing to take 
at our altar vows of Total Abstinence. 

S. C. — In whom is their trust ? 

H. — In God, who is the Supreme Ruler of all 
things. 

S. C. — Bid them come. 

[The Herald retires to the inner door which he opens, and says :] 

H. — Come to our Temple of Safety. 

[After they have entered the room the Select Councilor calls up 
the Council.] 



[The Herald, with the Candidates, followed by the Deputy 
Herald, march once slowly around the room — always keeping 
the altar to the left hand, and marching well up, and turning the 
corners square. While passing around the following will be re- 
peated :] 



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Chap. — " Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? 
who hath contentions? who hath babbling? 
who hath wounds without cause ? who hath red- 
ness of eyes? " 

Mem. Resp,— U They that tarry long at the 
wine; they that go to seek mixed wine." 

Chap. — u Wine is a mocker; strong drink is 
raging ; and whosoever is deceived thereby is 
not wise." 

Mem. Resp. — " Ye shall drink no wine, neither 
ye nor your sons, forever." 

[The Herald is to take the same time in going around the room 
as is occupied in the foregoing exercise, and when he reaches the 
proper position in front of the Vice Councilor, facing the altar, 
a sharp blow from the gavel brings them to a halt, and at the same 
time seats the members.] 

S. 0. — My friends : it is with pleasure that 
we welcome you among us, but before we can 
proceed with your initiation it becomes my duty 
to inform you of the nature of the work we ex- 
pect you to do. You are now upon the thresh- 
old of this Royal Temple of Temperance ; you 
have come to us well recommended. It will 
henceforth become your duty to lift up the fallen, 
strengthen the weak, encourage the desponding, 
visit the sick and afflicted, especially those who 



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are the victims of intemperance. To save and 
reform the wicked and the outcast, is a nobler 
object than to hate, despise or punish them. 
You will be required to labor for the advance- 
ment of the cause of Temperance, morally, 
socially and religiously, as far as lies in your 
power. Therefore, if you have been induced 
from mere idle curiosity to present your names 
here, be at once undeceived. We have no idlers 
here ; all these you see around you are earnest 
workers, each performing their respective duties, 
with a view to the welfare and perpetuity of 
this Council and the cause of Temperance. Do 
you desire to aid us in this noble work? 

Can. — I do. 

S. C. — Herald: Present our friends to the 
Vice Councilor for further instructions. 

[Herald and candidates proceed to the Vice Councilor's chair.] 

H. — Vice Councilor: I present to you our 
friends, who are desirous of learning more of 
the principles of our Order. 

V. O. — My friends: you have heretofore sig- 
nified your willingness to sign our pledge of 
Total Abstinence. It now becomes my duty to 
repeat to you that pledge so that you may not 
be ignorant of its requirements : 



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u I promise I will not make, buy, sell, use or 
give to others, as a beverege, any spirituous, 
fermented or distilled liquors, wines or cider ; 
nor frequent places where such liquors are kept 
for sale ; but will discountenance their manu- 
facture, use and sale in the community, in all 
proper and lawful ways." 

Are you willing to sign this pledge ? 

Can, — I am. 

V. C. — Then, in the presence of the members 
of this Order here assembled, you solemnly as- 
sume the foregoing Pledge, in witness whereof 
you affix your name to this book. 

[Presents the candidates with a book containing the^ Pledge, 
while signing the following ode to be sung.] 

Ttjne — lt Coronation." C. M. 

We'll neither buy, nor take, nor give 

The drunkard's drink at all ; 
We wili not keep it where we live, 

In cottage or in hall. 

We will not make a single drop 

Of Cider, Wine and Ale; 
And break the drinking customs up 

Where e'er our powers prevail. 

You have now signed our pledge ; but before 
you can enter into full membership with us it 
wili be necessary for you to take upon yourselves 
a solemn and binding obligation to remain true 



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to the principles and teachings of this Order, 
one which we have all taken, and of which no 
one need feel ashamed. This obligation is 
founded in right; it is as permanent as your 
intelligence, and its claims run parallel with 
your whole being. If you are true to your in- 
tegrity, faithful to your conscience, and not re- 
gardless of your honor, this obligation will abide 
with you during your mortal career, and be 
cherished by you as a sacred promise, dear as 
your character itself. Are you willing to as- 
sume this obligation ? 

Can. — I am. 

[Should any refuse they must leave the room, as their initiation 
could not be proceeded with.] 

T 7 ! (?. — Herald : Conduct our friends to the 
altar for obligation. 

[Herald conducts the candidates once slowly around the room, 
stopping below the altar, facing the S. C] 



[The V. C. takes his position just behind the candidates, the 
P. C. and Chap, take positions at the side of the altar nearest their 
stations in the Council, the members form in straight lines on 
each side and across the lower end of the Hall, thus forming an 
open hollow square ; all members (unless previously excused) must 
take their place in the line; when thus formed, the Herald and 
Deputy will leave their positions by the side of the candidates, and 
march to the platform of the Select Councilor face about, the S. 
C. will leave his station, and take position between the Herald and 
Deputy, when they will march to the altar, after which sing the 
following:] 



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ODE. 

Tune — " PleyeVs Hymn.''' Is. 

God of mercy, be Thou near 
While the vows are spoken here; 
Shield, protect and safely guide 
From temptations that betide; 
Man may strive, but Thou alone 
Must the final conquest crown. 

8. 0. — You will assume this attitude and as- 
sent to the obligation of a Royal Templar. 

[Members assume the same attitude. The Herald and Deputy 
cross their staff over the Select Councilor's head.] 

OBLIGATION. 

You, of your own free will and accord, in the 
presence of these witnesses, do solemnly promise 
that you will never reveal any of the private 
work, ceremonies or business of this Council to 
any person not entitled to know the same ; that 
you will not communicate any password, test, 
sign, signal, grip or token to any person except 
it be in the discharge of your official duties, 
within the body of a legally constituted Council ; 
that you will abide by the Constitution, By-laws, 
Rules and usages of this Council and those of 
the Grand and Supreme Councils. You also 
promise that should any books, papers or other 
property belonging to this Council be placed in 
your hands, you will keep, preserve and protect 



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the same, delivering them up when legally called 
upon so to do. You also promise that you will 
not knowingly present the petition of an im- 
proper person for membership in this Council ; 
that you will not wrong a member, or see one 
wronged, if in your power to prevent it ; that 
you will assist any worthy member who is sick 
or in distress ; that you will use your moral, 
social and religious influence for the promotion 
of the cause of Temperance, the suppression of 
the rum traffic and the elevation of our race, and 
that you will not cease to labor (God giving you 
strength) while life shall last, or until the demon 
of intemperance is driven from our land. To all 
of which you each pledge your sacred honors. 
If so, answer, "I do thus promise." 

Can. — I do thus promise. 

Mem. — We bear witness. 

S. C — Let us all kneel, while the Chaplain 
implores the Divine favor to rest upon us. 

INITIATORY PRAYER. 

Almighty God : King and Ruler of the Uni- 
verse, to whom all hearts are open, and from 
whom no secrets are hid, bless, we beseech Thee, 
the promises that have just been rendered in Thy 



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presence. Grant that these our friends may be 
filled with Thy Divine Spirit, that they may have 
Grace to perform all those things which may be 
acceptable in Thy sight, and to avoid all those 
errors that may be displeasing to Thee. Teach 
us all to reverance Thy will and to place our 
dependence on Thee. Bless us in the addition 
which has been made to our Council this night, 
and may we all become living stones, fitted for 
Thy great temple in Heaven ; assist us to be 
useful while we live, and finally receive us into 
Thy Holy Kingdom ; which favors we ask for 
the sake of Thy dear Son. Amen. 

S. C. — My friends : This solemn form of initi- 
ation is designed to impress your mind with the 
importance of the great work in which we are 
engaged. These ceremonies are not wholly 
meaningless. You were at first required to ac- 
knowledge the existence of a Supreme Being, 
which had you denied, you never could have 
gained admission to a Council of this Order. 
You were then required to contribute to the 
general fund, which is necessary for the support 
of the Council and for parrying on this work. 
You were then admitted to the Council Chamber, 
where, after listening to an appropriate lecture, 



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you signed our Pledge of Total Abstinence. 
Had you desired to have withdrawn at that stage 
of your initiation, you could have done so: we 
should have interposed no hinderance; you 
would then have been pledged to total absti- 
nence ; but you desired to advance still further, 
and voluntarily assumed the solemn and binding 
obligations of a Royal Templar of Temperance. 
It now becomes a duty as well as a pleasure for 
me to further instruct you in the principles of 
this Order. We have signals, pass-words, tokens, 
signs and words of distress, and a sacred word, 
which I will now give. \_Here gives a complete 
exemplification of the unwritten work.~] These 
signs and words you will become familiar with, 
in your attendance upon the meetings of this 
Council. Use them prudently, for they are safe- 
guards against intrusion and imposition. 

[The Select Councilor is escorted to his station by the Herald 
and Deputy, who then return and resume their positions by the 
side of the candidates, after which the Select Councilor seats the 
members.] 

S. C\ — You will now accompany the Herald, 
and prove yourselves Royal Templars. 

[The Herald, Deputy Herald and candidates pass around to the 
chair of the Chaplain.] 



Chap. — Who approaches ? 



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H. — Friends. 

Chap. — How shall I know them to be such ? 

H. — By the signal and the word. 

Chap. — Give me the signal. \Ilerald and 
candidates give if] Give me the word. [Her- 
ald and candidates give it] Welcome, [ Takes 
candidate by the hand.] thrice welcome, on your 
way. You have proved yourselves thus far. 
Allow me to congratulate you on your advance- 
ment. The official emblem of this office is the 
Bible. It should remind you of one of the card- 
inal principles of all good institutions, a founda- 
tion stone in this "Royal Temple," namely, 
Truth. Truth is a Divine attribute; to be good 
and true is one of the lessons taught in this 
Council. Therefore be ye true to this cause of 
your espousal. Remember that the all-seeing 
eye of God is ever upon us, and that he will 
reward our efforts to advance this noble work. 
Pass on. 

[Herald and candidates advance to the V. C.'s chair, who ex- 
amines them in the working and distress signs.] 

V. a— Who passes? 
H — Our new made members. 
V. (7.-r-How shall I know them to be such? 



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H. — By working and distress signs. 

V. O. — Give me the sign. [Herald and can- 
didates give it] Give me the distress sign. 
[Herald and candidates give it] You have 
proved yourselves worthy of our confidence. 
The official emblem of this office is the Anchor, 
significant of Hope. Total Abstinence is the 
rock we have placed in the great sea of intem- 
perance, and upon this rock are founded our 
hopes. Let us there firmly place ourselves, our 
families, our common brotherhood ; and though 
the rains descend and the floods come, it will, 
with the blessings of God, remain immovable 
and unshaken. Pass on. 

[Herald and candidates proceed to the P. C.'s Chair.] 

P. C. — Halt ! Whither goest thou ? 

H. — To our Royal Temple of Temperance. 

P. C. — Are you a Royal Templar of Temper- 
ance. [Continues the examination.] You have 
thus far proved yourselves Royal Templars, but 
one test further is required to satisfy me. Have 
you the grip ? 

H. — They have it not, but the Select Coun- 
cilor has it for them. 

P. C. — Let me remind you of that free, open- 



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handed charity which should distinguish you 
from the rest of mankind. Love to God is the 
great lesson taught by this Order; it should be 
first in our thoughts, and supreme in all our ac- 
tions ; and next to this, love to ou.r neighbor 
should engage our most earnest attention. Re- 
member that God is love ; and he that dwelleth 
in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. There- 
fore love ye one another, for love is the fulfilling 
of the law. You will now accompany our Herald 
to the desk of the Secretary, sign our Constitu- 
tion, and from thence to the Select Councilor 
for the closing lecture. 

[While the Constitution is being signed sing the following:] 

ODE. 
Tune— "Hebron." L. M. 

Now bound by Honor's sacred laws, 
Oh, shrink not from thy chosen part: 

Keep pure and undefiled the cause 
Forever nearest to thy heart. 

Heed not the shafts of error cast, 
The foul or hissing bolts of scorn ; 

For with the right shall dwell at last 
The victory of endurance born. 

H — Select Councilor : 

S. C.—Bro. Herald. 

H. — Our friends having complied with all that 
our laws demand, having passed a careful exam- 



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ination by the proper officers, now come to you 
for the closing lecture. 

S. G. — My friends : You have now entered 
upon a great and important work. Let me re- 
mind you of the three great duties of life, which 
you are strictly to observe and inculcate — your 
duty to God, your neighbor and yourself. To 
God by never mentioning His name but with rev- 
erential awe, imploring his aid in all laudible 
undertakings, and esteeming His favor as your 
chief good. Ever remember that obedience to 
His laws is of first and paramount importance. 
The duty you owe to God is imperative, and 
must be performed. Your duty to your neigh- 
bor requires you to observe the "Royal Law," 
" Whatsoever ye would that others should do 
unto you, do ye even so unto them." Upon this 
law was erected and now securely rests this Royal 
Temple of Temperance. Ever have before you 
the example of the Good Samaritan, who forgot 
not his brother by the wayside, but who had 
compassion upon his sufferings and alleviated 
his distresses. Your sympathies should not be 
confined to the relief of individual cases of want 
and misery, but they should be touched when- 
ever and wherever the wail of sorrow is heard ; 



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where humanity suffers or death claims a victim, 
be it yours to comfort and help. The duty you 
owe to yourself is just as imperative ; you must 
avoid the company of those who are intemper- 
ate, vicious or immoral, and take care of the 
body for it is the casket of the soul. The color 
which you are entitled to wear in this Council 
is white — emblem of purity — and its language 
is faith in God, who is the fountain of all truth, 
and who from the realms of light will smile 
upon our. labors, and crown our efforts with 
success. [Clothes the candidate with regalia^] 
Wherever this color meets the eye, be reminded 
of your vows, and remember all your covenants 
and responsibilities. 

I present you a copy of our Constitution, 
which you are to study carefully so as not to be 
ignorant of its requirements. I now welcome 

you to full membership in Council, 

No. - - , with the true fraternal grip of a Royal 
Templar. [Gives the quarterly token.'] Let your 
daily work be a daily sacrament, and life itself 
a psalm of gratitude and a prayer of aspiration. 

• • • 

[Candidates face the Council.] 

Brothers and Sisters: You will extend to 



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these new associates your fellowship and regard. 
Unite with them, in advancing the cause of 
Temperance, in enlarging the sphere of human 
charity, and in a firm and implicit reliance upon 
infinite power and infinite mercy. You now 
have the liberty of the floor. 

[The members march around the room each shaking hands with 
the new made member.] 



INSTALLATION CEREMONY. 



[The hour for installation having come, the Select Councilor 
makes the announcement as follows :] 

S. C. — Brothers and sisters : The next order 
of business is the installation of officers. Bro. 
Past Councilor, A. B., you will act as Grand 
Councilor, and with your associates have per- 
mission to retire to the court of the Council. 

[The Bro. chosen to act as Grand Councilor will, with his asso- 
ciates, retire to the court where they will prepare themselves by- 
being clothed in appropriate regalia or jewels, wearing white 
gloves. The Grand Herald will form them in regular order with 
the highest officers in the rear rank as follows : First, G. H. as 
Marshal and G. S. Second, G. G. and G. T. Third, G. F. S. and 
G. R. S. Fourth, G.'Chap. and P. G. C. Fifth, G. V. C. and G. C. 
When thus formed they will march to the door and the G. H. will 
announce his presence by two loud raps.] 

G. — Select Councilor: 

8. C.— Bro. Guard. 

G. — There is an alarm at the door. 

S. 6 y . — You will attend to it. 

[Guard lifts the wicket and asks :] 



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G. — Who seeks admission ? 

G. H. — The Grand Council of Royal Templars 
of Temperance of the of - 

demands admission. 

[Closes the wicket.], 

G. — Select Councilor: 

S. C.—Bro. Guard. 

G. — The Grand Council of Royal Templars 
of Temperance of the of 

demands admission. 

S. C. — Admit them. 



[The Guard opens wide the door; the Grand Council enters the 
room, march to the altar and wheel right and left across the hall, 
thus bringing the Grand Councilor tothe altar; while the Grand 
Council is marching to the altar the Select Councilor will call up 
the Council. When in line the Select Councilor and members 
will salute the Grand Council with the usual salutations, to 
which the Grand Council will respond.] 

G. C. — Select Councilor : 

S. C. — Grand Councilor. 

G. G. — We are here for the purpose of install- 
ing the officers of this Council. Are you ready 
for our services ? 

S. C— We are. 



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G. C. — You will direct the officers of this 
Council to surrender to the officers of the Grand 
Council their respective chairs and official em- 
blems. 

S. O. — The officers of this Council will sur- 
render their chairs, jewels, and other property 
of the Council, to the officers of the Grand 
Council. The Herald will conduct the officers 
of the Grand Council to their respective chairs. 

[The Herald conducts the Grand Officers to their respective 
chairs, commencing with the lowest. As the Grand Councilor 
advances to the chair, the S. C. disrobes himself of regalia, which, 
together with the gavel, he presents to the G. C] 

I now surrender to your hands the gavel and 
official emblems of this Council, together with 
all books, papers, and other property pertaining 
to my office, with the hope that my successor 
will enjoy the esteem, confidence, and support 
of all the members of this Council. 

G. C. — Select Councilor : I receive at your 
hands the official emblems of your office, and 
trust that you will be amply rewarded for the 
very efficient manner in which you have presided 
over the deliberations of this Council. Have 
the officers elect of this Council been chosen 
in accordance with our established rules and 
usages ? 



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S. C.— They have. 

G. (7. — Have the returns been made, and an 
order on your Treasurer been drawn for the 
amount due the Grand Council ? 

8. C— They have. 

G. C. — Have the Treasurer's and Financial 
Secretary's bonds been duly executed and ap- 
proved by the Council ? 

S. C\— They have. 

G. C. — It is well. The Grand Secretary will 
announce the names of the officers elect, and the 
Grand Herald will present them at the altar. 

[After which.] 

Brothers and Sisters : Behold the officers 
elect of this Council : are they your choice, and 
are you willing to give them your hearty sup- 
port and encouragement as officers of this Coun- 
cil? 

Mem. — We are. 

G. C — Officers elect : You have been chosen 
from among your associates to positions of honor 
and trust. Will you accept the positions and 
discharge their duties to the best of your several 
abilities ? 



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Officers, — We will. 

G. 0. — Grand Herald: You will conduct the 
officers elect to the court of this Council, and 
there prepare them for installation. 

[The G. H. conducts the officers elect to the court, clothes them 
in their official regalia, wearing white gloves, and forms them in 
the following order by twos: " 1st, G. H.; 2d, Sent, and Guard; 
3d, Herald and Treasurer; 4th, Fin. Sec and Rec. Sec; 5th, 
Chap, and Past Councilor; 6th, Vice-Councilor and Select Coun- 
cilor. As they advance the G. Sent, gives the alarm (one rap).] 

G. Gr.— Grand Councilor : There is an alarm. 
G. C — Who seeks admission ? 

[Guard lifts the wicket and reports.] 

G. G. — The Grand Herald and officers elect 
of this Council. 

G. C. — Bid them enter. 

[As the door is opened the members are called up.] 

• • • 

[As they enter the room they march to the altar, part right and 
left, forming a line across the hall, and come to order as Royal 
Templars.] 

G. O. — Welcome, thrice welcome, to positions 
of honor and trust. You will now assume the 
appropriate attitude, and repeat the following 

OBLIGATION. 

I [name], of my own free will and accord, do solemnly promise 
upon my sacred honor that I will discharge, to the best of my 



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ability, the duties of the office to which I have been elected in 
strict conformity with our Constitution, By-Laws, Rules and 
Usages. 

Mem. Resp. — And we are witnesses. 



G. G. — The Sentinel's place in this Council ? 

G. H. — Just without the inner door. 

G. C. —His duty there ? 

G. H. — To maintain order in its courts ; to 
keep off all intruders ; to see that all who seek 
admission are properly qualified to enter, that 
the peace and harmony of this Council may not 
be disturbed. 

G. C. — You will conduct the Sentinel to his 
post. He will relieve the Grand Sentinel, and 
immediately enter upon the discharge of his 
duties. 

G. C. — The Guard's place in this Council ? 

G. H. — At the inner door. 

G. C— His duty there ? 

G. H. — To answer and report all alarms prop- 
erly made at the door, allowing none to enter 
or retire without the permission of the Select 
Councilor. 



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G. O. — You will conduct the Guard to his 
place. He will relieve the Grand Guard, and 
immediately enter upon the discharge of his 
duties. 

G. C. — The Herald's place in this Council? 

G. H. — At your right, in front of the Secre- 
tary. 

G. C. — His duties there ? 

G. H. — To see that all who enter here are 
qualified to remain ; to receive and conduct can- 
didates at their initiation ; examine and intro- 
duce visiting members, and obey your com- 
mands. 

G. C. — You will conduct the Herald to his 
place, and install him in his office. 

G. H. — Brother Herald : I now surrender to 
you this staff of office. You will bear it upon 
all occasions. Remember the sacred import of 
the emblem it bears. Be faithful in the dis- 
charge of your official duties ; and may pros- 
perity attend your efforts. 

G. G. — The Treasurer's place in this Council ? 

G. H. — At your right. 



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G. C— His duties there? 

G. H. — To safely keep all money or money 
orders belonging to this Council, and to keep a 
just and true account between the Council and 
himself. 

G. C. — You will conduct him to his place, 
and the Grand Treasurer will install him in his 
office. 

G. H. — Grand Treasurer : By direction of our 
Grand Councilor I present the Treasurer elect 
for installation. 

G. T. — Brother (Name) : You have been 
elected Treasurer of this Council, and will now 
enter upon your duties. I surrender to your 
safe-keeping the money, order books and papers 
pertaining to your office which I have received 
in trust from the Treasurer. It is your duty to 
receive and safely keep all moneys belonging to 
this Council, keeping just and regular accounts 
of the same, and pay them out only upon the 
order of the Select Councilor and by consent ot 
this Council. Be faithful in the discharge of 
your duties, and a good conscience will be your 
reward. 

G. C. — The Financial Secretary's place? 



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G. H. — At your right, beside the Treasurer. 

G. G. — His duties there ? 

G. H. — To collect all moneys due the Council, 
and pay them to the Treasurer, taking his receipt 
for the same. 

G. G~~- You will conduct him to. his place, 
and the Grand Financial Secretary will install 
him in office. 

G. H. — Grand Financial Secretary : By direc- 
tion of the Grand Councilor I present the Finan- 
cial Secretary elect for installation. 

G. F. S. — Brother (name): You have been 
elected to the important position of Financial 
Secretary of this Council. Your duties require 
you to collect all moneys for initiation fees, 
dues, fines and assessments due the Council, and 
to pay the same to the Treasurer at the close of 
each meeting, taking his receipt for the same. 
You are also to keep an accurate account be- 
tween the Council and yourself, and between 
the Council and its members. 

Be faithful in the discharge of this important 
trust, as upon your care and accuracy much of 
the success of the Council depends. The Coun- 
cil looks to you to guard well its financial inter- 



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ests. See to it that it sustains no loss. I sur- 
render to you the books and papers pertaining 
to your office, and you will immediately enter 
upon the discharge of its duties. 

G. C. — The Recording Secretary's place in 
this Council ? 

G. JST — -At your left. 

G. C. — His duties there ? 

G. H. — To keep true and correct record of 
the proceedings of this Council. 

G. C. — You will conduct him to his place, 
and the Grand Secretary will install him in his 
office. 

G. H. — Grand Secretary: By direction of 
our Grand Councilor I present the Secretary 
elect of this Council for installation. 

G. S. — Brother (name) : You have been 
elected to the office of Recording Secretary of 
this Council. It is your duty to carefully ob- 
serve the proceedings of this Council, to keep 
an accurate minute of all its doings, entering 
them in the record book. Your good inclina- 
tion to the cause of Temperance and the interests 
of this Councjl will, I hope, induce you to dis- 



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charge the duties of your office with fidelity, 
and by so doing you will merit the esteem and 
confidence of the members. I surrender to you 
the books and papers pertaining to your office, 
and you will immediately enter upon the dis- 
charge of your duties. 

G. C\ —The Chaplain's place ? 

H. — At your right, facing the altar. 

G. C. — His duties there ? 

H. — To conduct the devotional exercises of 
this Council. 

G. 0. — You will present him to the Grand 
Chaplain for installation. 

H. — By direction of the Grand Councilor, 
I present our Chaplain for installation. 

G. Chap. — Brother (name) : You have been 
elected Chaplain of this Council. It is your 
duty to perform those solemn services which we 
should constantly render to an Infinite Creator, 
and which, when offered by one whose holy pro- 
fession is to " point to Heaven and lead the way/ 7 
may, by refining our souls, strengthening our 
virtues, and purifying our minds, prepare us for 
admission into the society of those above, whose 



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happiness will be as endless as it is perfect. 
You will now be seated at my right. 

O. C. — The Past Councilor's place ? 

U. — At your left, facing the altar. 

G. C. — His duties there? 

H. — To have an oversight of our work, cor- 
rect irregularities and aid at initiations. 

G. C. — You will conduct him to his place, 
and the Past Grand Councilor will install him 
in his office. 

H. — By direction of the Grand Councilor I 
present our Past Councilor for installation. 

P. G. C. — Brother (name): You have served 
faithfully as Select Councilor of this Council, 
and your experience eminently fits you for the 
positions which you are now to occupy. We 
cannot well do without your counsel and advice. 
You will have a watchful eye to the welfare of 
the Council, jealously guarding its honor and 
integrity. You will, in the absence of the 
Select Councilor, perform the duties of his office, 
and in conjunction with other Past Councilors 
decide questions of law and usage, subject to an 
appeal. At the request of the Select Councilor 



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•you will become the installing officer. You will 
now enter upon the discharge of your duties. 

G. G. — The Vice-Councilor's place ? 

H. — In the west. 

G. G — His duties there ? 

H — To aid and assist you in preserving order. 

G. G — You will present him to the Grand 
Vice-Councilor for installation. 

H — Grand Vice- Councilor : By direction of 
our Grand Councilor I present our Vice-Coun- 
cilor for installation. 

G. V. C. — Brother {name) : You have been 
elected to the second position of this Council. 
You are to assist at the opening, initiating and 
closing services; see that the Guard and Senti- 
nel discharge the duties of their office, and will 
aid the Select Councilor in the discharge of his 
duties. The gavel [hands the gavel] in your 
hands is an emblem of your authority ; you will 
use it discreetly. Your regular attendance at 
our stated meetings is essentially necessary. In 
the absence of the Select or a Past Councilor 
you will take the chair and govern the Council. 
I firmly rely on your attachment to the princi- 



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pies and teachings of our Order for the faithful 
discharge of the duties of this important trust. 
You will now take your place as Yice- Councilor 
of this Council. 

G. C— The Select Councilor's place? 

H. — In the east. 

G. C. — His duties there? 

H. — To govern and control the movement 
and action of this Council. 

G. C. — You will present him for installation. 

• • • 

H. — Grand Councilor: Allow me the pleas- 
ure of introducing Brother [name], who has 
been elected Select Councilor of this Council, 
and awaits your further orders. 

G. C. — Brother [name, taking Mm by the 
hand] : I welcome you to the highest position 
in the gift of this Council. You are its presid- 
ing and executive officer. We have full confi- 
dence in your skill and capacity to govern the 
same. I surrender to your keeping the emblems 
of this Council: First The Holy Bible. This 
should always be on our altar. It will guide 
you to all truth ; it will direct your paths to the 



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temple of happiness, and point out to you the 
whole duty of man. Consult it daily. Second. The 
Constitution, which you are to search at all 
times ; cause it to be read in the Council, that 
none may pretend ignorance of its requirements. 
Third. The Charter, which is the authority by 
which this Council is held. You are carefully 
to preserve and defend it, and in no case should 
it be out of your immediate control, but be duly 
transmitted to your successor. Fourth. The 
Gavel in your hands \liands the gavel] is an em- 
blem of your authority ; by it you will control 
the movements of the Council. You will now 

take your place as Select Councilor of 

Council No. - -, Royal Templars of Temperance. 
Brothers and sisters, the officers elected to gov- 
ern this Council for the ensuing term are now 
fully invested with their duties. They are suffi- 
ciently conversant with the rules of propriety 
and the laws of our Order to avoid exceeding 
the power with which they have been intrusted, 
and you are of too generous disposition to envy 
their preferment. I trust, therefore, that you 
will aim to please each other, and unite in 
advancing the cause of Temperance and the 
interests of this Council. Act together in pro- 
moting the principles of Hope, Love, and Truth ; 



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and may the day speedily come when intemper- 
ance and its attendant crimes shall be driven 
from our fair land; Listen to the prayer by our 
Grand Chaplain : 

INSTALLATION PRAYER. 

Almighty and Everlasting God, from whom 
cometh every good and perfect gift, send down 
upon Thy servants here assembled the healthful 
spirit of Thy Grace, that they may truly please 
Thee in all their doings. Grant, Lord, power 
of mind and great understanding unto those 
whom we have this day clothed with authority, 
to preside over and direct the affairs of this 
Council ; and so replenish them with the truth 
of Thy doctrine, and adorn them with humility 
of life, that, both by word and good example, 
they may faithfully serve Thee to the glory of 
Thy Holy Name, and to the advancement for 
all good purposes of our beloved institution. 
Amen. 


[Resume the regular order of business.] 



INSTITUTION OF NEW COUNCILS. 



The following rules and regulations are to 
apply in the institution of new Councils: 

1st. There shall be at least fifteen names for Active Members 
signed to the application for a charter. They must be of unim- 
peachable character, of high social and moral qualifications, and 
pass a medical examination by some qualified practicing physician. 

2d. The charter having been granted, the officer whose duty 
it shall be to institute the Council shall call the meeting to order, 
and state briefly the objects and aim of the organization ; after 
which he shall require all present to answer the preliminary 
questions, and pay their fees, if they have not already done so. 
He shall then read the Vice- Councilor's charge, and require them 
to sign the pledge. He shall then [after giving any who desire to 
do so the privilege of withdrawing] administer the obligation. They 
will then sign the Constitution, after which he will give them 
full, clear, and explicit instructions in the unwritten work. He 
shall then require them to name [if they have not already done so 
their Council ; then proceed with the election of officers [by in- 
formal ballot], explaining the duties of each officer before a ballot 
is had. After the officers are elected he shall proceed with their 
installation, after which he shall make the following 

DECLARATION. 

By the authority of the Supreme Council of 
the Royal Templars of Temperance, I declare 
Council No. to be duly and 



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regularly instituted and empowered to receive 
and initiate into the Order of Royal Templars 
of Temperance all persons who are not consti- 
tutionally disqualified from becoming members 
of this Order; and that so long as this Council 
shall abide by the rules, regulations, laws, and 
usages of the Supreme Council, they shall be 
entitled to and receive the hearty support and 
encouragement of the Supreme Council. Broth- 
ers and sisters, act togther in harmony ; labor 
for the upbuilding of the cause of Temperance, 
and for the education of public sentiment on 
this great national question. Be not weary in 
well doing, but labor earnestly for our country's 
salvation, 

I now welcome each one of you to full mem- 
bership in our noble Order with the true grip 
of a Royal Templar. [Gives each one the quar- 
terly token with the grip.~] Let your daily work 
be a daily sacrament, and life itself a psalm of 
gratitude and a prayer of aspiration. 

After the institution ceremonies are concluded, 
let one or more of the members personate a can- 
didate and go through the entire initiatory cere- 
monies for the instruction of the officers. 



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, . DEDICATIONS. 

[Or Public Meetings.] 

Cheerfully, cheerfully, onward we go, 
Pledged and determined to banish the foe, 
Spreading destruction and woe through the land, 
Cheerfully, cheerfully strengthen our band. 
Soon shall intemperance depart from our shore; 
Soon shall it vanish, returning no more; 
Then let us labor the conquest to gain, 
Cheerfully, cheerfully, raise we the strain. 

Thousands engaged in the conflict before, 
Earnestly striving our land to restore; 
Greet us with pleasure while passing along, 
Cheerfully, cheerfully, swelling the song. 
Glorious victors, your shouts we shall hear, 
Echoes of triumph enchanting the ear; 
Filling with comfort the desolate home, 
Cheerfully, cheerfully, onward we come. 



BURIAL SERVICE. 



The regular badge to be worn at the funeral of a deceased 
member shall be of the same form and style as that worn at the 
meetings of the Council, except it shall be made from black ribbon, 
with the name and number of the Council printed in silver bronze. 
In the absence of the regular funeral badge members may wear 
a narrow strip of black crape or black ribbon, tied in a button- 
hole of the left lapel of the coat ; each member to have a sprig of 
cedar. 

The members shall meet at the Council rooms or some desig- 
nated place, and, after clothing themselves with the funeral regalia, 
shall form a procession in the following order: 

Herald and Deputy with staffs, 

Members, in twos. 

Senior Past Councilors, in twos, 

Sentinel and Guard, 

Secretary and Treasurer, 

Chaplain and Past Councilor, 

Vice-Councilor and Select Councilor, 

and proceed to the house of the deceased member, where they 
shall open rank right and left and take reverse order, standing 
uncovered while The corpse and mourners are passing to the 
carriages; the procession shall then march in advance of the 
carriages to the place of interment. On arriving at the place of 
interment the members shall again open right and left and allow 
the corpse, mourners, &c, to pass through, the members on either 
side, standing uncovered ; the procession reversing order and 
forming around the grave in such a manner as to bring the Select 
and Yice-Councilors on each side and near the head of the grave. 
After the performance of such religious service as the friends 
of the deceased may desire, and before the closing of the grave, 
the Select Councilor shall step to the head of the grave with the 
sprig of cedar in his hand and deliver the following 

ADDRESS. 

S. C. — My brethren, we are assembled to 
perform the last rites at the grave of our de- 
parted brother. Let us contemplate the scene, 



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and be forcibly reminded that man is born to 
die. The coffin and sepulchre speak to us in 
language that cannot be misunderstood. Not- 
withstanding the various mementoes of mortality 
with which we are daily surrounded ; notwith- 
standing that Death has established his empire 
over all the works of nature, yet by some strange 
infatuation we go on from one design to another, 
add hope to hope, lay out plains for the employ- 
ment of many years, till we are suddenly arrested 
by the approach of death when we least expect 
him. What are all the externals of majesty, 
the pride of wealth or charms of beauty, when 
Nature has paid her just debt ? In the grave all 
works are levelled and all distinction abolished. 
While we drop the sympathetic tear over the 
grave of our deceased brother, let charity incline 
us to throw a veil over his follies, whatever they 
may have been, and not withhold from his mem- 
ory that praise which his virtues demand. Let 
the present occasion excite our most serious 
thoughts, and create in us resolutions of amend- 
ment. Life is held by a precarious tenure ; 
men appear and disappear from the stage of 
action as wave meets wave and parts upon the 
troubled waters. Let us then so improve this 
lesson that, when the summons of Death arrives, 



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be it soon or late, we may be prepared to de- 
part for that far distant country from whose 
bourne no traveler returns 

[The Chaplain shall then offer the following, or an extempore 
prayer.] 

Chap. — Our Father and our God, who art the 
resurrection and the life, we would implore 
Thee to draw graciously near to us at this time. 
May this dispensation of Thy providence deeply 
impress us with the shortness of life and the 
certainty of death, and may we be prepared for 
that great change which awaits us all. Comfort 
them that mourn ; be Thou their shield and pro- 
tector. Guide our feet into paths of virtue, and 
finally permit us to enter within the portals of 
that house not made with hands, eternal in the 
heavens, for the sake of Thy dear Son, our Re- 
deemer. Amen. 

[After the prayer the S. C. shall step to the head of the grave 
and deposit his sprig of cedar, with these words:] 

S. C. — u Farewell, brother, we part in hope. 1 ' 

The Select Councilor and Vice-Councilor, 
each at the head of their respective file, shall 
then pass on each side of the grave ; and as each 
officer or member reaches the head of the grave 
they shall deposit their sprig of cedar. They 
shall then form in a circle around the grave, 



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and, while it is being filled, shall sing the fol- 
lowing, or some appropriate 

ODE. 

Tlio' often here we're weary, 

There is sweet rest above, 
A rest that is eternal, 

Where all is peace and love; 
O let us then press forward, 

That glorious rest to gain; 
We'll soon be free from sorrow, 

From toil, and care, and pain. 

There is sweet rest in heaven, 
There is sweet rest in heaven, 

There is sweet rest, 

There is sweet rest, 
There is sweet rest in heaven. 

Our Savior will be with us, 

E'en to our journey's end, 
In every sore affliction 

His present help to lend. 
He never will grow weary, 

Though often we request; 
He'll give us grace to conquer, 

And take us home to rest. 
There is sweet rest, &c. 

[After which they shall form in regular order and return to their 
hall for dismission.] 

Issued by authority of 
the Supreme Council, 
Jan. 1880. 



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C. K. PORTER 

Sup. Councilor. 

P. A. ROSS, 

Sup. Sec'y. 




